The Irish standard., 1887-02-05
ST. PAUL NEWS.

may expect TO see III 80 ouo iAAo q i'Ao
Ehe average temperature OF Sunday
last was the coldest in the past fifteen
years.
Timothy Reardon has been confined
to his room for the past few days, suffer-
iIg from an extreme cold.
Louis, the sixteen year old son OF
Senator Sch efer, died on Sunday after
short though severe illness brought on
by exposure in the carnival celebration.
AT the regular meeting of the cham
Der of commerce on Monday morning a
resolution was passed by a vote of % to
4 favoring the passage of a high license
law.
1t vas falsely reported on Monday
morning that the ice palace had been
burned down the previous night. A
swarm Of bees were seen to locate with
in it's walls a few days ago.
Isabel e. Clark, sister of Chief John
CLARK. died at St. Joseph's hospital on
Jan. so, aged 81 years. Tie interment
occurred on Tuesday morning from the
cathedral. Rest thou in peace.
John B. Ager, prominent Irjshman,
and the leading merchant of Usage,
Iowa, spent few days in St. Paul last
week attending the carnival. Mr. agen
was accompanied by his estimable and
accomplished wife.
We are in receipt Of communication
from former ST. Paulite who is now
travelling in California, saying chat on
Jan. q u party Of Minnesotans picked
strawberries in the golden state. All Of
which appears very luscious to ns while
che Thermometer aroops in in the lap of
the twenties.
The city council resolved on Tuesday
evening to purchase the lot adjoining
the city hall and present the same with
Tie present city hall site to the United
States aa site for government build
ing. This.is the best location in the
city for such building, and the present
custom house anu post Office are far too
small for the present. to say nothing OF
the future demands npon tl,eir space.
We desire to make our news items for
the STANDARD newsy. terse and reliable.
If our friends who read the paper in this
city, and they are very numerous, will
kindly inform us III anything chat is of
a general or special interest to this local
ity. we viii be pleased to make use Of
the same Cathoiic young mem
especially should take all interest il this
matter, andn only do themselves much
good, but assist in carrying tho news
to Mary
On Tuesday afternoon Senator Pope
offered 1ta amendment 20 the high
license bill now before the senate, which
places the amount ut $500 us the mini
mum il cities OF 10000 or more and
$3.50 i'll villages, and repeating tbs local
option clause. After a short debate the
amendment was lost, 21 members voting
for il. The bill comes up for final action
in the senate on Friday, and there is
little doubt Of it's passage. Sixty MEM
l,ers in the house Will sustain The bill,
and there is every prospect OF the bill
as originally introduced becoming
law.
The Grand opera house was co,n-
pletaly filled Old Sunday evening to
listen to addresses from prominent
speakers on the high hcense question.
Gov. a. R. McGii presided, and intro
duoed the speakers. Ringing addresses
we're made by aen. Nettleton, Attorney
General Clapp, Senator Daniels OF
Rochester, Father Stanley, Rev. S. G.
Smith, Col. Hicks and Mr. B|ethen.
The gisr of the speeches We're strongly
i'll favor Of as high license fee as it is
possible to enact Judging from the
frequent applause which was given with
a vim, the $500 people present were
heartily in favor Of the measures SO
warmly advocated.
There was large audience present at
tile Crusaders: hall Oh Tuesday evening,
and a very entertaining time was had.
Miss Essie Bonner charmed the audience
with selection Oh the piano, and was
followed by Ada Co]mar, a bright little
girl Of IL years in a most acceptable
piano solo. j. II. Mclaughlin, M.
Conway and Prof. Shea were each forced
to respond the second time with songs
that both instruct and please. l'resi.
dent Calrere referred to the high license
agitation, and was followed by Miss
Deveron in sweet song entitled '"The
Maid Of Dundee" Fathers Stanley
and Gibbons each prefaced their re-
marks with a brand new story; none Of